ksciencebykiku Pandemic Potential: Scientists Discover 3 Hotspots of Deadly Emerging Disease in the USIt's Virginia, Colorado, and Texas. The main discovery here is an additional 6 mice species as hosts of hantavirus that were previously unknown.https://scitechdaily.com/pandemic-potential-scientists-discover-3-hotspots-of-deadly-emerging-disease-in-the-us/Open linkView original on feddit.org68Comments7
hharrys_balzac lemmy.dbzer0.comVirginia seems a little out of place on this list. Not surprising though.5
DDrusas fedia.io6Hide 6 repliesHow would you get a pandemic from a disease which doesn't spread from person to person? There would have to be an awful lot of infected rodents around.2
DDrusas replyfedia.io2Hide 2 repliesHah, yes. That was a little while ago, though. Surely we could do better rodent eradication these days.0
cchonkyninja replylemmy.worldViruses mutate, and they do that give a flying fuck about your well being.3
iit's not often that shit just works replysh.itjust.worksTry this with only rodents for transmission. I'm headed to Madagascar before it's too late.4
FartsWithAnAccent replyfedia.ioLook up the plagues in Europe, some of the worst outbreaks were spread indirectly.2
Virginia seems a little out of place on this list. Not surprising though.
How would you get a pandemic from a disease which doesn't spread from person to person? There would have to be an awful lot of infected rodents around.
Tell that to Europe.
Hah, yes. That was a little while ago, though. Surely we could do better rodent eradication these days.
Viruses mutate, and they do that give a flying fuck about your well being.
Try this with only rodents for transmission.
I'm headed to Madagascar before it's too late.
Look up the plagues in Europe, some of the worst outbreaks were spread indirectly.